oak leaf barge

By neighdoctor January 4, 2015 oak leaf barge

Not even Cleopatra’s most skilled barge builders could replicate the glory of the Creator’s oak leaf vessel.

gleaming eye

By neighdoctor January 3, 2015 gleaming eye

gleaming eye: a golden spark for a winter afternoon

By neighdoctor January 3, 2015 river dancer

the river dancer, the Bonaparte’s gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia
these little gulls are dazzling in their dancing swoops, dives and hovers

By neighdoctor January 2, 2015 going for another fish

Petruchio, the male, is leaving the nest after having dropped off a fish for his mate Kate. She finished the fish in less than 2 minutes.

By neighdoctor January 2, 2015 stars and comet

As I eased from between the trees I found stars and even a comet on the inky early morning surface of the lake.

By neighdoctor January 1, 2015 grand start

what a grand way to start the new year: 4 year-old eagle over the Haw River